A New Jersey Mob boss Joe Tullo is released early from prison on an Appeal and discovers that his cop cousin, Det. Sgt. Angelo Longo, a once-trusted enforcer for the Tullo crime family, has squandered his fortune while he was in prison. And Tullo's childhood friend, now his enemy as an Internal Affairs Police Lieutenant, wants him back in prison so he can become the next Police Chief. Their lives become intertwined and loyalty becomes betrayal when family bloodlines are crossed.